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alterlab-nmc-data-journalist

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Turn data into investigative stories.

Data & Analytics#visualization#data-cleaning#data-journalism#foia#investigative-analysis#rti
AuthorAlterLab-IEU
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This data-journalism skill enables autonomous agents to research datasets, clean data, perform analysis, and generate publish-ready, data-driven investigative stories with built-in self-review.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Autonomous data gathering: searches public datasets, FOIA/RTI resources, and data portals to assemble relevant data.
  • Analysis & verification: performs spreadsheet analysis, basic statistics, and methodology documentation to ensure reproducibility.
  • Visualization & storytelling: designs charts and narratives, creates annotations, and outputs production-ready files for publication.
  • Use Case: A newsroom can deploy this skill to generate a data-backed investigative piece with charts and a markdown data-story draft.

Quick Start

Identify a public dataset topic, then clean the data, perform analysis, and generate a markdown data-story draft.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

💻 Claude Code Installation

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Please help me install this Skill:
Name: alterlab-nmc-data-journalist
Download link: https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-FC-Skills/archive/main.zip#alterlab-nmc-data-journalist

Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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